FileWave Windows Network Sweeper

What

Occasionally FileWave clients (Windows devices) can have an issue that prevents them from communicating.  Typically this is related to misconfiguration, user intervention, or a previously failed upgrade.  This article and associated content gives you a tool and a process for identifying and hopefully remediating issues on remote clients.

When/Why

Periodically running this tool during peak "online" times is a good practice just to see if there are devices out there you don't know about.  Of equal, and similar, use is using a GPO to enforce device enrollment and check-in.  This article: Client Deployment via GPO gives an example of deploying a client via GPO, but a batch process can be used to perform other compliance checks. 

How

OK, I am convinced to give this a try, but how do I do it, and are there any pre-requisites?

Pre-Requisites:

Windows Network Sweeper
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For ease of instuction, PSTools is included in this download, but it can be downloaded directly at: PSTools download

Process Overview:

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Digging Deeper

It is probably very helpful to see an overview and this process in motion, so video examples follow:

Technical Overview:
Example Usage:

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Revision #7
Created 9 September 2024 11:38:24 by Tony Keller
Updated 14 November 2024 16:24:39 by Sean Holden